Sunderland v Tottenham Hotspur (1730): Fifth-placed Spurs fall behind to their seventh-placed hosts following Asamoah Gyan's smart turn and shot with William Gallas off the pitch changing his boots
Spurs, having made four changes since their last game, draw level through two Sunderland defensive errors - nobody marks Michael Dawson at a corner and Craig Gordon let's the defender's header through his legs
Sunderland begin to leave gaps at the back, which Sandro exploits and when his cross is only headed as far as the swinging boot of Niko Kranjcar, the in-form Croat scores with the second-best technique of the day
Arsenal 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers: Second place host second-bottom and, following a freak heavy downpour, Robin van Persie puts the Gunners ahead with a falling volley on his weaker right foot
Wolves go looking for an equaliser but leave themselves open on the counter-attack, which Cesc Fabregas exploits with a first-time pass to Theo Walcott, who lays the ball on for Van Persie's second goal
Birmingham City 1-0 Stoke City: In a match that threatens to be of no note other than Obefami Martins' debut, Nikola Zigic gets his second goal in two games late on, giving Birmingham back-to-back victories
Blackburn Rovers 0-0 Newcastle United: Roque Santa Cruz hits the post for Rovers before Peter Lovenkrands hits the bar for the Magpies in a tempestuous game full of thunder, mud and tenacious midfielders
Ex-Rover Shefki Kuqi makes his Newcastle debut as a substitute but fails to break the deadlock, though his new side have at least ended a run of seven straight league defeats to Blackburn
Blackpool 1-1 Aston Villa: There's only one point's difference between the sides at kick off but Blackpool are on the slide, which Gabriel Agbonlahor adds to, latching on to Darren Bent's lay-off to score after 10 minutes
The teams will stay a point apart as Elliot Grandine equalises from Charlie Adam's corner and Villa are reduced to 10 men following Jean Makoun's two-footed challenge on the Tangerines' goalscorer
Liverpool 1-1 Wigan Athletic: With enough time to take aim at the edge of the box, Raul Meireles gets his fifth goal in six starts to give the Reds the lead, Luis Suarez hitting the post minutes later
With the Liverpool defence appealing for offside, Steve Gohouri slides in to convert Charles N'Zogbia's cross, earn a precious away point and end the Reds' run of both wins and clean sheets
West Bromwich Albion v West Ham United: With new boss Roy Hodgson in the stands the Baggies take an early lead through Scottish international Graham Dorrans, 25 yards out
The home side double their lead inside eight minutes, as Jerome Thomas finds all the space he could need in the Hammers' box to pass the ball in to the net
The Midlands side are 3-0 up at half time following Winston Reid's own goal though Scott Parker does get the ball in the back of the net for the Irons only to be flagged offside
The Hammers change shape with the introduction of Frederic Piquionne and draw a goal back through recent signing Demba Ba, latching on to Mark Noble' set piece with a sweet finish
The home defence haven't learned - another Noble free-kick finds Piquionne unmarked and he heads the ball across goal for Carlton Cole to score, getting a smack in the teeth as he does
The comeback is complete as, yet again, West Brom switch off at a set piece and, yet again, Noble throws in a ball from which Ba can equalise with his second, even better, goal of the game
Manchester United 2-1 Manchester City: The lunchtime kick off is the 143rd league meeting of the Manchester sides, with the visitors third in the table, five points off their first-placed hosts
City have the better of the midfield and create a great chance early on for David Silva but Nani is the player of the first half, capped by the only goal of the opening 45 minutes, getting yet another run on Pablo Zabaleta
Edin Dzeko may celebrate City's equaliser but his effort only flies past Edwin van der Sar after a 90-degree deflection off the buttocks of Silva, a goal which removes the tactical caution from the game
If ever there was a goal to decide a derby, and perhaps a title race, Wayne Rooney - previously in Vincent Kompnay's pocket all game - scores it with a bicycle kick that stuns everybody in Old Trafford, red or blue
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